(By Delegate Kump)
[Introduced February 13, 2013; referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary.]

A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by
adding thereto a new section, designated §3-1-4a, relating to
providing petitioners to referendums, elections or any other
ballot issue be afforded the same privacy rights as voters.Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended
by adding thereto a new section, designated §3-1-4a, to read as
follows:ARTICLE 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS AND DEFINITIONS.§3-1-4a. Manner of petitioning.
_____In all petitions for referendums, elections or other ballot
issues requiring a person's name, address and signature, the
signatories to those petitions shall have the same privacy rights
afforded voters pursuant to section four of this article.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to provide petitioners to
referendums, elections or any other ballot issue be afforded the
same privacy rights as voters.